Machine for making rope



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MACHINE FOR MAKING ROPE, &c.

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MACHINE FOR 'MAKING ROPE, 6:0.

No. 275,743. Patented A prlG, 1883.

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M. M. ZELLERS MACHINE FOR MAKING ROPE, &e. No. 275,743. PatentedApr.10,1883.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Ilatent'lllml 275,743, dated April10, 1883.' l

Application tiled November 28, 1881. (No mode1.)-

To all whom tvmay concern:

Be it known that I, MAHLoN M. ZELLERs, of Kent, in the county of Portageand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMachi nes-forMaking Rope, &c.; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled inthe art to which it pertains to make and use it,reference being had to the accom panyin g'drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to machines for making ropes or cables of anydesired length, without joint or splice, of that class in which the ropeor cable is composed of strands each consisting of a core and layers ofwire or threads wound around the same, cable itself-having a core. aboutwhich the strands arewound; and.y while the mechanism which I shalldescrihe'is such as is particularly adapted for the manufacture of wirerope or cable,I wish it to be understood that it is equallyapplicablewithout material modification for the manufacture of bles from any pose.

My invention consists in the novel construction and combina-tions ofdevices which will be hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of my machine with someof the parts ropes, lines, or camaterial suitable for the puromitted toavoid confusion, the omitted parts the lowermain spider,

being understood to be identical with those which are shown. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section-on the line x x, Fig. l, showing a partial 'plan viewof the driving gear-wheel and` the primary gear-wheel of the machinewith which it meshes, also illustrating the construction of and showingpartially the xed gear which meshes with the rotary main gear-wheelsofthe spider. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of aportion of the machine,partly insection.

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spider which carries one of the lower sets Fig. 5 is a-plan view of thebearings for the upperjournals of one ofthe lower setsof'spool-framfes.nV Fig.6 is aneularged plan-view, showing thedouble-faced anv nulargear-wheel which imparts motionto one of the ropeori Figa-3n is a longitudinal .section of one ot' the spool-frames onthe line ofFig. 3. Fig. 4 is a :partial planviewtheuppersetsofspool-frames,andshowingalso gearing. Fig. 1.0 is adetail plan view of the pinions transmitting a reversed motion to thelhollow shaft which supports-thespidercarrying one of the upper sets ofspool-frames. Fig. 11 is a detail view, mainly in section, illustratingthe lower wire-guide and adjacent parts. Fig. 1inl is a section oftheguide and adjacent parts in line :v2 @2,Fig. 11. Fig. 12illustratesarope such as manufactured by my machine, said .rope consisting of a coreandl six strands wound thereupon, each strand consisting of a centralcore with two courses of wires, thein ner course having six and theouter course twelve wires. Fig. v13 is a cross-section of the rope. Fig.`14 is a view of the devices for forming and guiding the finished rope.Fig. 15 is a vertical central section of the same at a right angle toFig. 14. Fig. 16 is a fragmentary perspective view, illustratingctherelativeposition of the arms of the two spiders which carry the upperspool-frames. Fig. 17 is a top view der carrying the guide-wheels forthe uished strands. Fig. 18 is a detached perspective view of one of thedies. Fig. 19 is a side view of one of the spool-frames, showing thespoolbrake.

Referring -to Fig. 1 of the drawings, the letter A. indicates a.bevel-gear driving-wheel fixed upon a shaft, which may receive itsrotary motion inzany convenient manner. This bevel-gear wheel mesheswith a bevel-gear, B, which is rigidly keyed upon the vertical hollowshaft B', which is the main shaft of the machine, and carries thedevices which produce the strands that 4.are broughtk together 1 andspiders which carry .the strandf forming and guiding devices,- and thesespiders and the sets of the spin of strand-forming devices will vary-iunumber according to the special character ofthe rope wound about acentral core to form the finished rope.. Upon theshaft B are'xed aseries of IOO to be made. In the present Iinstance I have shown theshaft B as provided with fourspiders, C, C', C2, and C, the lowerspider, C, carrying the devices which place in position the cores y ofthe strands,Figs. 12 and13,and wind about said cores the first course ofwires, y',and the two spiders C' and (32 carry the devices which applythe second courses ot' wires as shown at y2. The tirst course has sixwires.and the second course twelve wires in the present instance, andthe second is the outside course, though it will be understood thatadditional courses of wires may be applied,and the shaft B be providedwith spiders carrying devices for that purpose. The spiders C', C2, andC3 are simpl y bands which surround the shaft and haveradially-projectin g arms c' c2 c, respectively, which carry at theirends the devices `which the spiders are intended tofsupport. Thelowermost spider, C, is composed partly by the bevel-wheel B, thespider-arms c having their inner ends secured in sockets or seats formedfor them in the upper face of said wheel. The mechanism for forming thestrands comprise, among other devices, revolving sets of spoolframes,inwhich are mounted the spools which deliver the wires for the cores andsurrounding courses. These mechanisms will be hereinafterparticularlydescribed. The uppermost spider, C, carries at the ends ofits arms c3 simply the outer friction grooved guide-wheels R, over whichthe completed strands pass to guide S above. The lowermost spider, C,has six arms, c, as indicated in Fig. 2, and, as be fore stated, carriesallthe devices for placing the strand-cores and winding thereon thefirst courses of wires; ybut for carrying the devicesl y for ka ppl ying the secondy courses'of wires I havek 40 i f yarms of one projectingopposite the spaces be-r fonnd'it convenient yto yusetwo separate threefarmed spiders-yonefabove the other-@andthe tween the armsof the other,yas shown in Fig.

' 16. yThereason for this'arrangementis'thatl the set of spoo'hframesfor applying the outer ycourseof wires to aistrand carries ytwice asmany spools as does the` corresponding Set of yspool-frames below forapplying the first course lof wires abouty the core, and such upper`circle i y upper set,

55; c hollow shaft: of the upper set `of spool-frames, and thus avoidthenecessity of its'beiug'bent of spoolframes has therefore twice thediam-rr eter of the lower. upper rand lower sets of spools shall be soarf n rangedthat the axis of each lower 'set4 shall;

- It isdesirahle that, these heinline with the axis of theycorresponding may pass from the lower'guidedirectly to the over guides.If the upper sets' were all carried by a single spider, krsnch spiderwould necessarily have very long arms,in order that its sets ofspool-frames might be in a circle where they would have room to revolveclear of each other, and then the lower spider would have to be providedwith arms of the same length as the upper spider, in order to bring itssets of spool-frames in a circle having the same diameter as that of theupper sets. By diin order that they unfinished strandk riding the uppersets of spool-frames into two divisions, however, it will be seen that Iavoid using spiders of such large size, the sets ot' spool-frames of onedivision having ample space to revolve in a different plane from thoseof the other division, while their centers are in vertical line with thecenters of the respect. ively corresponding set of lower spoolframes.The shaft B has its upper and lower journals arranged in suitablebearings, and when it revolves of course .revolves .the spiders and themechanism they support.

D is a fixed horizontal annular gear-wheel, surrounding concentricallythe shaft B and rigidly supported by standards d, secured to thebed-plate or foundation of the machine. This fixed wheel meshes withrotary gearwheels E, ixed upon 'the lower ends of vertical shafts E',which have their lower journals supported in bearings formed in the endsof the arms c of the lower spider, C, and their upper ends looselyconnected with the lower ends of vertical hollow shafts E2, which havetheir lower bearings in the ends of the arms of the spiders C and C2,respectively, and their upper bearings in the ends of brackets M, fixedupon said arms. The lower vertical f shafts, E', are connected with theupper shafts, Eby reversing-gearing, (shown at K, K', K2, K3, andK, andwhich will be more fully hereinafter explaiued,) so that when the shaftsE are rotated in one direction, as indicated by the arrows markedthereon, motion in a re verse direction will be transmitted, through thegearing referred to, to the shafts E, as also indicated by arrows. VTheshafts E' carry spiders Ghaving at the extremities of their arms gbearingsg'; fori thelower journals of, ,les y,

the rotary spool-frames F", in which are mountk ed the spools f, andsaid shafts also carry, at'

' a suitable distance above the spiders, rings Gf, t c yupon which areformed the bearings g2 for the upper journals ofthe said spool-frames'.The

spool-frames F7y are 'provided with pinions F2 and each,through its saidpinion and gearing (shown .at E F F2 F? Fiiand shaft F4, receives arotary motionaboutitsaxis, in addition to being carriedaround by the'spider G and ring G when they shaft E' rotates.` The gearing y fortransmitting motion k,tothe rspool-frames y will bepresently describedmore particularly.

The upperjournalsofthe spool-frames F7, are t tubularfasy shown in Fig.y3**a'nd through; these` journals the wires pass from the spools f,.`andthence directly throughy passages in a t f ,c

guide, H2,

H', which forms the top portion `of yshaft shown in Fig. 1, the wiresfrom the spoolframes F7 pass under'guidepulleysf, instead of directly tothe guide H above, said pulleys being mounted at the ends of armsprojecting from the shaft E' on that side which is longer than thecorresponding shaft E at the left, this increased length being renderednecessary by the fact that the devices with which the yasshown at theleft rin Fig. 1, and 'n' i up through a die, H, arrangedwithin afranige,

On the right-hand sideof the machine, as."

i shaft at the right is connected at its top are der Gr` has seven arms,

atenas carried by, the` arms of spider ,C2-'which is higher-on shaft Bthanv is the spider C', for the reason already explained; the guide H2at the top ot" the right-hand shaft beingl atsuch a distance from thetubular journals ofthe spool-frames below, the wiresissuing from saidjournals would rub against the inner edges of the upper ends of said.journals if led directlyto the guide H2, aand `cause a considerableresistance to the turning ofthe spoolframes and a seriously detrimentalwear ot' the wires and journals; hence the necessity of. theguide-pulleysf", which guide the wires centrally from the tubularjournals. The spias shown in Fig. 4, and carries seven spool-frames, thespool f ot' one of which supplies the core wire for the strand, and thespools ol1 the other six supply the wires for the first course. Theguide H2 has one of its passages, as shown in Figs. 11 and 11, formed toguide the core-wire, as shown at y, straight up through the centerot t'hdie H,

ywhile the passages for the other wires terminate at their upper ends ina circle about the passage for the core-wire, so that as the guiderevolves the six Wires from the outer passages will be wound upon thecore-wire spirally, it being understood, and as will be hereinafterexplained, that the wires are all drawn along together at a propel'speed. From the die Il, that part of the strand which is formed by thedevices carried by shaft. E', and which consists of the core-wire andthe first course of six wires wound thereon, passes straight upwardthrough the tnbularshaft E2, and through the die Q carried at the top ofsaid shaft,and as it passes through the die has applied to it the outercourse ot'twelve wires, which are drawn from the spools carried4 by thespoolfra mes f', which are supported by a'spider, L', carried by thehollow shaft EZ, and are revolved in a direction the reverse of themovement of the lower set of spool-frames, so that the outer course ofwires swound oppositely upon the inner course. A more detaileddescription of the devices for applying the outer course of wires willpresently be given. The finished strands from all the dies Q of the ma!chine pass over the respective grooved antifriction guide-wheels R,which are mounted at the extremities of the arms ot' the upper spider,C, which is fixed upon the main shaft B. The dies H and Q simply serveto hold the strand steadily, and their rotary motion results only fromits being convenient to mount them upon the rotary shafts instead ofconstructing stationary, supports forv them. From the guide-wheels R thefinished strandssix in number in the present instanceare convergedtoward a thick circular plate, S', which is fixed upon and vquite nearthe upper end of the main shaft B', and forms an extended npperjonrnalforv said shaft, having its bearing S2 formed in a tixedheavy top plate`S, which is supported by bea-ms S4, suitably arranged in the building inwhich' the machine is erected.

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This plate 'S' has suitable openings, through which the strands pass toaguide, S, which is xed upon the top of the shaft B', and has sixupwardly-com'erging passages, s, terminating at their upper ends in acircle about an axial s', the axis of which is in line with that ofthebor or central passage of the shaft B'. The guide `S has a hollowcentral shank, s2, which projects from its lower face, and this shanktits into the upper end ofshaft BA', whereitis secured by suitablescrews passed through the wall of the shaft and bindingupon the shank.The strands Y pass upwardly from the guide S through a stationarydie,Q', which is supported by standards q q', secured to the top plate, S3,and as they pass through said die are, by the rotation ,of the shaft andguide S, laid splrally, around a core-strand, Y', which is drawnupwardly through the tubular main shaft B thus l'orming the completerope Z. The completed rope, consisting of the core-strand and the sixouter lstrands coiled thereon, passes from the die Q to a suitabletake-up reel, (not `shown in the drawings,) the speed of which is to beregulated in the ordinary manner employed for regulating the take-upreels of ropemaking machines. 'lhe take-up reel may be located at anyconvenient point, and the rope pass to it over suitable guides.

I have not deemed it necessary to show in the drawings a reel fordelivering the corestrand which passes upward through the tubularshaftB, as it will be readily understood that such a reel may bearranged as required or convenient, and the strand guided to the openlower end of the shalt in the ordinary manner.

When by meansot'the driving-wheel A, which meshes with wheel B, rotarymotion is communicated to shalt B', the rotary gear-wheels E are causedto traverse the periphery of the lixed gear-wheel Dand receive motiontherefrom, this motion being in turn communicated through all the shaftsE( and E2 to all the strand-making mechanisms, and the take-up reelwinds up the completed rope.

The strand which fortnsthe core of the completed rope may be similar totheouterstrands, or may be of jute or any other desired material. Thiscore-strand is of course manufactured prior to the commencementof themaking of the rope by the machine, asdescribed.

Having now given a. generaldescription of the construction and operationoi' my machine as a whole, I will describe `with particularity and indetail the mechanism for making a single strand ofthe rope, it beingunderstood, as ,alreadystateth that the several complete sets ot'strand-makin g mechanisms are identical in construction and operation.

As already stated, the vertical shaft E haa, its lower bearing in thevend ofone of the arms 4c ofthe lowermost spider, C, and has xed upon itslower end, which projects below said bearing, a gear-wheel, E,whichmeshes 'with the tixed gearD.- On the upper side of the end and centralpassage of the guide S,

y l i of the'arm e is rigidly `fixed au annular gear,

having seven arms, carrying the spool-frames' F, each of saidspool-frames having rotary motion about its,axis as well as a revolvingmotion with the shaft E. The fixed .gear F meshes with a rotarygear-wheel, F5, which is keyed upon the lower end of a short shaft, F,

which has itslower bearing, f, carried by the spider G, and its upperbearing in a bracket, f,which is fixed upon the shaft E'. Upon the upperend of shaft F* is fixed a gear-wheel, F3, which meshes with anintermediate pinion, F, mounted upon the bracket, and this 4pinion inturn meshes with the spur-gearf6 of a double gear-wheel, F', which isloosely mounted upon the shaft E' above the bracket f, and has abevel-gear face, f which meshes with the pinions F6, with which thespool-frames F7 are provided. It will now be readily understood that asthe shaft E revolves the spider G and bracket f in the directionindicated by the arrows the gear-'wheel F5 will be caused to traversethe toothed periphery of the' fixed gear F and receive motion therefromin the direction indicated by the arrow on shaft F,

and that motion in the same direction is caused in gear F3, and throughpinion F to the loose double gear F', the bevel-face f "of which turnsthe pinions Fs and causes the spool-frames F" all to rotate about theiraxes in' the direction indicated by the arrows marked thereon. Thepurpose of this rotation of the spool-frames about their axes will bepresently explained.

Each of the spools f has one of its heads of greater diameter than theother, as shown at f", and this extended head has a broad periphery andenters a recess in the side of the spool-frame when the spooi is inplace on its spindle. Upon the edge of the spool-frame is secured oneend of a finger-spring, f9,thc outer end of which bears upon theperiphery of the spool-head, as shown in Fig. 19. Loosely through anintermediate portion of the spring f 9 passes a thumb-screw, f1", whichis tapped into the spoolframe,its head bearingupon the outer surface ofthe spring. By adjusting the screws the spring may be caused to bearwith greater or less tension upon the head of the spool, and the `spoolmay be thus prevented ,from givingoff slack wire: The gearing forimparting the motionto the spool-frames about their axesis so timed orproportioned that each spool-frame F1 shall make' one complete rotationupon its own axis for every revolution it makes about the axis of theshaft E', this being for the reason that otherwise the wire drawn fromthe spools would be twisted individually, and not only thereby weakened,but laid in the rope-strand under a strain that would cause the kinkingof the strand and also of the finished rope. v

As before explained, the shaft E' carries the frame H', which springsfrom the guide E, which is fixed to the upper end of the shaft proper,and this guide has its passages properly arranged to guide one of theseven wires straight up through the die H and the'others to be coiledabout it. The die H is composed of two bars, h h', hinged together atone end, and the bar h' having at the otherend a tongue, h, to enter aslot in the bar h, the tongue h and bar h being provided with pin-holes,in which a pin h3, may be inserted to lock the two bars toget er. Eachbar has formed in its inner fa'ce a semicircnlar cavity, and when thetwo bars are closed together these two cavities 4form the 'circularpassage of the die through which the strand passes, and is thus kept touniform size. The bars are supported by standards h h', one of whichpreferably forms thehinge-pin. The standards are screw-threade'd ontheir upper portions, and adjustable nuts h5 h5 are used to regulate theheight of the die from the guide as desired.

Havin g nowdescribed the mechanism for placing the core and laying thefirst course of wires ofthe strand, I will proceed to describe thedevices for laying the second course, which is to be wound in anopposite direction to the first course. To accomplish this reversewinding the tubular shaft Ez is given rotation in an opposite directionto the rotation of shaftE', and this opposite rotation is accomplishedby the gearing shown at K, K', K2, K3, and K, as follows:

K indicates a gear which is rigidly attached to the top plate, H3, ofthe frame H', which is carried by shaft E', and this gear rotates withsaid shaft in the direction indicated by the arrows marked thereon. Theshaft E2 projects below its bearing in the end of the spider-arm whichcarries it, and its lower end passes through the central aperture ofwheel K and top plate, H3, thus forming a pintle about which the wheel Krevolves.

Theintermediate or reversing gear-wheel, K', is mounted on astudprojecting from a bracket of the spider-arm c', and meshes with wheel K,and also with the gear-wheel K2, which is keyed to the lower projectingcud of a vertical shaft which plays through a bearing formed in the armc', and has keyed to it, above said bearin g, the gear-wheel K3, whichmeshes with the gearwheel K, which is keyed upon the shaft E. The gearK, through the intermediate gear, K', imparts motion to the gearwheelsK2 and K3 in the direction of the arrows marked on said wheels, and thewheel K3 turns the wheel K4 and shaft E, upon which it is fixed, in 'thedirection of the arrow on said shaftthat is, in a direction the reverseof the rotation of shaft E.

The shaft E', as already explained, carries the spools which supply thewires for the outer course of the strand, and these spools are mountedin spool -frames f', identical in construction and operation with thespool-frames F" already described. The mechanism, however, for impartingmotion to the spool-frames f is different from that described for movingthe lower spool-frames.

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A fixed wheel, L,is firmly secured `to the end of' an amm-M, projectingfrom army c" and said wheel. A crown-spider, L', is fixed upon shaft E2,and lis provided with downwardly and outwardly projecting armsl, havingbearlution about the axis of shaft E2.

ings l' and l2, in which are mounted the journals of the spool-frames f.Upon the top plate of the crown-spider L' isV mounted a.

double annular gear, L2, surrounding the shaft .E2 and having itsbearing on the margin of said top plate.` This annular gear has anyouter bevel-gear face which meshes with the bevel-pinionsj`2 of' thespool-framesf', and an' interior spur-gear which meshes with apinion,L4, keyed to the upper end of a short vertical shaft which is mounted ina bearing formed,

in the spider L', andhas fixed to its lower end a pinion, L3. When theshaft E2 rotates in the direction indicated by the'arrow marked thereonthe pinion L3 is caused to traverse the toothed periphery ofthe fixedgear L4 and receive therefrom motion, as indicated by the arrow, and thepinion L4, moving in the same direction, drives thev annular gear L2around on the top plate of spider L', so that the outer bevel-face ofthis gear communicates a rotary motion to the spool-frames through theirpinionsf2, this motion being in the direction indicated by the arrow onthe pinion f2 in Fig. 3.

The gearing which communicates motion to the annular gear L2 is soarranged as to canse said gear to move more' rapidly than'the spider L',so that said gear makes a complete revolution with the spider andanadditional movement besides while the spider is making one completerevolution, the additional movement being sniicient to communicatetoeach spool-frame f' a complete rotation about its axis in the sametime that it performs a revo- The rotation of' the spool-frames on theiraxes is to prevent the wires from being individually twisted, as beforeexplained with reference to the lower spool-frames. There are twelveofthe spoolframes f', and the wires are led from the spools through thetubular upper journals of said frames the same as in the frames F",passing thence under grooved anti-friction wheels O, carried by the armsof alsmall spider, 0', fixed uponshaft E2.

Upon the hubo of the spider O rests the first section of a tensiondevice, P, which is a cone composed of sections which are alternatelyloose and fixed upon the'shaft E2, the

sections p being loose and those marked p' being fixed. Projecting fromthese sections, respectively, are lugs or pinsarranged inlines from baseto top of the cone, there being a line of pins for each wire, and thewire is passed alternately on opposite sides ofthe pins in a line, andfrom the top pins lall the wires pass through converging passages in theextended top section, which is fixed upon thevtop of shaft E2. From thepassages of' this top section the wires pass through the converging-*passages ofafgiuideplate, H4,'fixed upon the top section andhaving acentral larger pas.- sage which has its axis in linewith that of thebore of the tubular shaftE2. f

It has already been explained that the partly finished strandpassesupwardtlirough the hollow shaft E2.- It passes out through the centralpassages of the top cone-section and the guide-plate H4, and thencethrough the center ,ofa die, Q, in all respects similar to the die H,

heretofore described, 4but having a larger passage to accommodate Ytheincreased size ofthe strand. As the strand, in its unfinished state,vpasses through the die Q the revolution of the shaft E2 causes theconverging twelve wires Vfrom the upper spools, to be wound spirallyabout it in opposite direction to the first course of six wires, and4the completed sii: strands which are to be applied to a main core tocomplete theropeall pass from the dies Q over `the wheels R, and areconverged through the main upper guide and applied to the main core inthe main die Q', as has been hereinbefore fully described.

It is obvious that I need not limit my invention to the use of anydefinite number of spoolframes ,in a set, nor to any definite number ofthe series of spool-frames, as this will be determined by the number ofstrands that a iinished ropeis tov have, or to the number' of courses ofstrands that 1a ropemay have. For instance, if a rope is desired to havea central core and two courses of strands, the machine would require acorresponding number and series of strand-making devices and theiractuating mechanism to' accomplish the Work.

It will beA observed that by lthe use of my machine I can make acontinuous unbroken r'pe of any length whatever, because when the IOOwire'npon any spool is exhausted the mere splicing of that single wirewill not affect the strength of its strand or of the rope, and notwoWires need break jonts at the same place' in a rope.

In practice, 'when a spool of wire has been exhausted 1 have beenaccustomed to braze the end of' the wire to afresh spool, and thus havein effect single unbroken wires in every strand.

Having fully described and explained the construction and operation ofmy invention, what Iclaim is` 1. The combinatiomwith the fixed orstationary gear D, of the central rotary shaft, B', the

spiders carrying the lower and the upper strand-makingdevices, thevertical spool-frame IIS shafts E and E2, the gear-wheels E, carried bythe shafts E', and intermediate connectinggears between said spool-frame shafts 'for transmitting rotation to the shafts, E2 from shaftE', substantially as and for the purpose set forth. Y g

2. The combination, with the continuous main central tubular shaft, th'espiders carried thereby for supporting thestrand-making devices, and.means for rotating said shaft, ot the series of spool-frame shafts E'and E2, having their axes in the saine line and carrying the separateseries of spool-frames, means for communicating motion fromthe'mainshaft to the lower spool-frame shafts, intermediate consectionsfor transmitting from said lower spool-frame shafts rotary motion vtothe upper spool-frame shafts, and suitable guides for the core and outerstrands of the rope, substantially as sety forth.

3. The combination, with the shafts E and E2, and the intermediateconnections for transmitting from theshaft E' rotary motion to shaft E,of the spool-frame supported by said shafts, respectively, andintermediate devices for transmitting rotary motion from said shafts tosaid spool-frames, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4.. The combination of the revolving series of rotary spoollframes Fiwith shaft E', de-

.vices for transmitting the rotary motion to said spool-frames from saidshaft, the guide carried by said shaft having its passages arranged togroup the wire fromall but one of 'said spool-frames about that one, thetubular shaft E, arranged in line with shaft E', intermediate gearingt'or transmitting from shaft IE rotary motion to said shaft E, therevolving series of rotary spool-frames carried by shaft E, a guidehaving a series of wire-pas sages grouped abouta central passage andcarried by said shaft E, and devices for transmitting from said shaft arotary motion about their axes to the spool-frames whichit carries,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with the xed or stationary gear D, of the centralrotary shaft, B', the 'spiders carrying the lower and the upperstrand-makingdevices,theverticalspool-frame shafts E( and E, thegear-wheels E, carried by the shafts E', and intermediateconnectinggears between said spool-frameshafts for transmitting areversed rotation to the shafts E,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination, with the continuous main central tubular shaft, therotating spool' frames, and'means for rotating said shaft, of

'a' Mmm l the series o t spool-frame shafts E' and E2, having their axesin the same line and carrying the separate series of spool-frames, meansfor communicating motion from the main shaft to the lower spool-frameshafts, intermediate connections for transmitting from said lowerspoolframe shafts rotary motion of opposite direction from their own tothe upper spoolframe shafts, and suitable guides for. the core and outerstrands of the rope, substantially as described.-

7. The combinatiom'with the shafts E and E2, and the intermediateconnections for transmitting from the shaft E' a reversed rotary motionto shaft E', of the spoo1-frames snpported by said shafts, respectively,and interl mediate devices for transmitting rotary mo tion from saidshafts to said spool-frames, suhstantially as and for the purpose'setforth. l

8. The combination of the shaft E', revoiring series ot' rotaryspootframes Fi, carried thereby, devices for transmitting the rotarymotion to said spool-frames from said shafts, and the guide carried bysaid shaft having-its passages arranged to group the wiresfrom all butone of said spool-frames about that one,

with the tubular shaft E, arranged in line with MAHLON M.V ZELLERS.

Witnesses:

W. W. Perron, M. G. GAnRIsoN.

